Overheard

“Oh boy! Another great opportunity for personal growth!”

“I’m not bitter about what happened to me as a child, and my mother was instrumental in keeping me from being so. ... She taught me to be grateful for my life regardless of what that entailed, and that’s directly related to the image of Christ on the cross and the example of sacrifice that he gave us. What she taught me is that the deliverance God offers you from pain is not no pain—it’s that the pain is actually a gift. What’s the option? God doesn’t really give you another choice.”

After over a decade of user testing, it is clear that the way we search the web is similar to the way we would search our home for valuables as it was burning to the ground. Frantically.

“We must shift the focus of companies back to the customer and away from shareholder value ... The shift necessitates a fundamental change in our prevailing theory of the firm… The current theory holds that the singular goal of the corporation should be shareholder value maximization. Instead, companies should place customers at the center of the firm and focus on delighting them, while earning an acceptable return for shareholders.”

“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.”

Comments

If Nichelle Nichols is in the running, then make mine Diana Rigg, who was recently voted the most sexy TV star ever. When she played Mrs. Peel in The Avengers, she got to wear a leather cat suit and did martial arts fighting way before Dark Angel or The Matrix's Trinity. In fact, I'd say that she singlehandedly invented the archetype. Angelina J. in Hackers is a distant echo of Ms. Rigg.

Posted by David Drucker
  at 6:40 pm on Feb. 27, 2006

I just IMed George to ask him how in the world you guys missed Natalie Portman. He replied with a bunch of tapdancing intended to distract me from his obvious and embarassing error, so I'm forced to put the question to you.

Posted by byrneout
  at 10:09 am on Mar. 6, 2006

Yeah, it's interesting that the next five people I talked to all immediately said Natalie Portman. George and I, we, how you say, no have excuse.

Posted by Travis Smith
  at 10:15 am on Mar. 6, 2006

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